Striving
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstɹaɪvɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Striving is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of strive.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of strive.
More Meanings
- Effort; the act of one who strives.
Example Sentences
Sexual virility, coital potency rides high and arrogant over the commercial, artistic, social strivings of contemporary society[.]
Do we really want all those strivings and contrivings—all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain invisible?
Repudiating the excessive sexualism of Freud and insisting upon the importance of the food-seeking impulse, especially in childhood, he regards all the primary impulses as differentiations of one fundamental energy, the life force which sustains all our strivings, both conscious and unconscious […]
Word Forms
- strivings
Synonyms for striving
Depending on context, synonyms include strain, nisus, pains.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nisus, pains, strain, endeavoring, endeavor, endeavour.
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